Ohio River Valley Red Cross

 Mini Institute

 for Disaster Services 

Sponsored by the 

 Marting Foundation

All Classes Are Free

Register at the bottom of this page.

Classes Available

Disaster Assessment (1:00 PM to 5:00 PM): Teaches the disaster worker to survey damaged areas after a disaster.

Frontline Supervision (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM): Teaches the disaster worker to supervise disaster operations.

Foundation of Disaster Mental Health - Mental Health Workers (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM) (CEU 0.7 or 6.5 Contact Hours):  This class trains you to work with the Red Cross after a disaster to assist victims of a catastrophic event and the staff who attends them with mental health issues.

Health Services Response Workshop - Nurses (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM) (CEU 0.5 or 5.25 Contact Hours):  This class would enable you to work as a nurse in a disaster operation and aid in shelters.

Mass Care - Shelter Operations (8:00 AM to 12: Noon)  This class willl train the disaster worker in the functions and operations of working in a shelter and how to aid the victims of disaster.

Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009

Location: Notre Dame High School; 2220 Sunrise Avenue; Portsmouth, Ohio

This training is for local citizens who want to serve the community and their neighbors in times of local disaster.

For more information contact

your local Red Cross at

740-354-3293

OR

888-354-3293